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Macrovision Works With Microsoft to Deliver Over 1,000 Popular Games and Software Programs Online at Windows Marketplace.


New Multi-Year Agreement Integrates Macrovision's Trymedia Games Network and Digital Commerce Solution With Microsoft Windows See Windows.

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 Marketplace and the Digital Locker Digital locker [1], is a Microsoft platform for the delivery of software electronically that works with Windows Marketplace and is secured by use of Windows Live ID.  Service

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, Calif. -- Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN MVSN Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Italy) ) today announced an agreement to make its Trymedia games catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  available through the Microsoft Windows Marketplace Web site. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement Macrovision is already offering more than 1,000 popular core and casual downloadable games on Windows Marketplace, greatly expanding the catalog of games available to consumers on the Web site. In addition, Macrovision has integrated its games and software content with Microsoft's digital locker service, which provides a consumer-friendly virtual repository of a user's software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications.  and downloads on Windows Marketplace.

Windows Marketplace (www.windowsmarketplace.com) is an online store designed to make it easy for consumers to shop for a vast selection of software that works best with their Windows-based PCs, Smartphones and Pocket PCs. On the Windows Marketplace site, users can find new and popular products, download software on demand, compare product details, and read reviews from other users.

"Consumers want safe, reliable and easy ways to buy software and games online, and Windows Marketplace addresses that desire by providing a simple one-stop shopping experience," said Joe Peterson, corporate vice president of the Market Expansion Platform Group at Microsoft Corp. "Macrovision is a trusted industry partner and its extensive catalog of games allows us to provide consumers with a better selection than ever before."

Macrovision's games network enables the secure digital distribution of PC games, providing game publishers, portals and retailers with solutions for content protection, eCommerce and distribution services to maximize their sales. Macrovision's games distribution network connects hundreds of publishers and Internet sites with millions of consumers worldwide, offering games to legitimately download, purchase, and share. In addition to Windows Marketplace, Macrovision connects game publishers with consumers through several major online portals.

"We are extremely pleased to be joining Microsoft Windows Marketplace," said Fred Amoroso Am`o`ro´so

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, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Macrovision Corporation. "We value opportunities to extend the reach and breadth of our games distribution network and Windows Marketplace provides a powerful venue for providing consumers with access to the latest in cutting edge games and software. Our collaboration with Windows Marketplace delivers more choice and more content to users and provides our game and software publishers access to an exciting new channel."

Macrovision, already a Gold Certified Partner of Microsoft, is combining its Digital Commerce Solution and the Trymedia games catalog to integrate its online game distribution network with Windows Marketplace. Macrovision's Digital Commerce Solution is designed to provide comprehensive access control, licensing, packaging, billing, offer management and payment capabilities that enable companies to gain control over customer interactions, diversify product offerings and employ unlimited online business models. This can result in increased sales, customer acquisition and customer satisfaction, faster time-to-market, and decreased ownership and maintenance costs.

About Macrovision

Macrovision provides distribution, commerce and consumption solutions for software, entertainment and information content to the home video, PC games, music, cable/satellite, consumer software, enterprise software and information publishing industries. Macrovision holds approximately 240 issued or pending United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  patents and more than 1,200 issued or pending international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new and innovative technologies in related fields. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , U.S.A. with other offices across the United States and around the world. More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.

[c] Macrovision 2006. Macrovision and Trymedia are registered trademarks or trademarks of Macrovision Corporation. All other brands and product names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective companies.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Such factors are addressed in Macrovision's latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the period ended September 30, 2006, as amended, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Macrovision assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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